Test Bank for Campbell Biology, 4th Canadian Edition by Lisa A. Urry
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Test Bank for Campbell Biology 4ce 4th Canadian Edition by Lisa A. Urry, Michael L. Cain, Steven A. Wasserman . Full Chapters test bank are included - Chapter 1 to 56 (Complete chapters with answers)
Evolution, the Themes of Biology, and Scientific Inquiry
The Chemical Context of Life
Water an...
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1) What is a localized group of organisms that belong to the same species called?
A) biosystem
B) community
C) population
D) ecosystem
E) family
Answer: C
Type: MC
Topic: Concept 1.1
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension
2) Organisms interact with their environments, exchanging matter and energy. For example,
what do plant chloroplasts convert the energy of sunlight into?
A) the energy of motion
B) carbon dioxide and water
C) the chemical energy of chemical bonds
D) oxygen
E) kinetic energy
Answer: C
Type: MC
Topic: Concept 1.1
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension
3) What does the main source of energy for producers in an ecosystem come from?
A) solar energy
B) other animals as a food source
C) the atmosphere
D) plants
E) water
Answer: A
Type: MC
Topic: Concept 1.1
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension
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,4) Which of the following types of cells utilize deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) as their genetic
material but do not have their DNA encased within a nucleus?
A) animal
B) plant
C) archaea
D) fungi
E) protists
Answer: C
Type: MC
Topic: Concept 1.1
Skill: Application/Analysis
5) To understand the chemical basis of inheritance, we must understand the molecular structure
of DNA. This is an example of the application of which concept to the study of biology?
A) evolution
B) emergent properties
C) reductionism
D) the cell theory
E) feedback regulation
Answer: C
Type: MC
Topic: Concept 1.1
Skill: Application/Analysis
6) Once labour begins in childbirth, contractions increase in intensity and frequency until
delivery. The increasing labour contractions of childbirth are an example of which type of
regulation?
A) a bioinformatic system
B) positive feedback
C) negative feedback
D) feedback inhibition
E) enzymatic catalysis
Answer: B
Type: MC
Topic: Concept 1.1
Skill: Application/Analysis
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,7) When the body's blood glucose level rises, the pancreas secretes insulin and, as a result, the
blood glucose level declines. When the blood glucose level is low, the pancreas secretes
glucagon and, as a result, the blood glucose level rises. What is this regulation of the blood
glucose level the result of?
A) catalytic feedback
B) positive feedback
C) negative feedback
D) bioinformatic regulation
E) protein-protein interactions
Answer: C
Type: MC
Topic: Concept 1.1
Skill: Application/Analysis
8) Which technology can analyze many biological samples very rapidly?
A) bioinformatics
B) schematic biology
C) proteomics
D) genomics
E) evolution
Answer: A
Type: MC
Topic: Concept 1.1
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension
9) Prokaryotes are classified as belonging to two different domains. What are the domains?
A) Bacteria and Eukarya
B) Archaea and Monera
C) Eukarya and Monera
D) Bacteria and Protista
E) Bacteria and Archaea
Answer: E
Type: MC
Topic: Concept 1.1
Skill: Knowledge/Comprehension
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, 10) Global warming, as demonstrated by observations such as melting of glaciers, increasing
CO2 levels, and increasing average ambient temperatures, has already had many effects on living
organisms. Which of the following might best offer a solution to this problem?
A) Continue to measure these and other parameters of the problem.
B) Increase the abilities of animals to migrate to more suitable habitats.
C) Do nothing; nature will attain its own balance.
D) Limit the burning of fossil fuels and regulate our loss of forested areas.
E) Recycle as much as possible.
Answer: D
Type: MC
Topic: Concept 1.1
Skill: Synthesis/Evaluation
11) A water sample from a hot thermal vent contained a single-celled organism that lacked a
nucleus. What is its most likely classification?
A) Eukarya
B) Archaea
C) Animalia
D) Protista
E) Fungi
Answer: B
Type: MC
Topic: Concept 1.2
Skill: Application/Analysis
12) A filamentous organism has been isolated from decomposing organic matter. This organism
has organelles and a cell wall but no chloroplasts. How would you classify this organism?
A) domain Bacteria, kingdom Prokaryota
B) domain Archaea, kingdom Bacteria
C) domain Eukarya, kingdom Plantae
D) domain Eukarya, kingdom Protista
E) domain Eukarya, kingdom Fungi
Answer: E
Type: MC
Topic: Concept 1.2
Skill: Application/Analysis
13) Which of these provides evidence of the common ancestry of all life?
A) ubiquitous use of catalysts by living systems
B) near universality of the genetic code
C) structure of the nucleus
D) structure of cilia
E) structure of chloroplasts
Answer: B
Type: MC
Topic: Concept 1.2
Skill: Application/Analysis
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